Live Case Challenges Guide

What Are Live Case Challenges?

Live Case Challenges are authentic case studies from real partner organisations where you apply your skills to solve actual development problems. Each challenge gives you a realistic scenario, a set of deliverables to produce, and a rubric for evaluation.

ImpactMojo offers 9 challenges across 6 learning tracks, ranging from Beginner to Advanced difficulty. Completed work can be submitted for peer feedback and earns portfolio badges.

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The 9 Challenges

MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning)

Challenge	Difficulty	Partner
Redesign a Flawed Logframe	Intermediate	HealthBridge Foundation

What you do: Diagnose problems in a real logframe — weak indicators, missing assumptions, confused outcome levels — and redesign it using SMART criteria and proper causal logic.

Data & Technology

Challenge	Difficulty	Partner
Critique and Redesign a Programme Dashboard	Intermediate	POSHAN Abhiyaan (Rajasthan)
Audit an AI Model for Bias in Beneficiary Targeting	Advanced	Government of Jharkhand

What you do: Evaluate data visualisation choices and redesign for clarity, or audit an algorithmic targeting system for fairness across caste, gender, and geography.

Policy & Economics

Challenge	Difficulty	Partner
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Two Nutrition Interventions	Intermediate	Government of Odisha

What you do: Compare two nutrition programmes using cost-effectiveness ratios, analyse equity implications, and make a policy recommendation with evidence.

Gender, Equity & Inclusion

Challenge	Difficulty	Partner
Conduct a GESI Audit of a Livelihood Programme	Intermediate	Grameen Shakti

What you do: Analyse a livelihood programme for gender and inclusion gaps — who participates, who benefits, what barriers exist — and redesign indicators to capture equity dimensions.

Philosophy, Law & Governance

Challenge	Difficulty	Partner
Apply Gandhian Strategy to a Contemporary Social Movement	Beginner	—
Draft an RTI Strategy for an Accountability Campaign	Intermediate	Jan Sarokar (Citizens' Group)

What you do: Apply political philosophy frameworks to real social movements, or design a Right to Information strategy for a citizen accountability campaign.

Health, Communication & Wellbeing

Challenge	Difficulty	Partner
Design a BCC Campaign for Adolescent Nutrition	Intermediate	District Health Society (Muzaffarpur)
Design a Conflict Resolution Workshop for Field Teams	Beginner	Samarth Foundation

What you do: Design a behaviour change communication campaign using BCT techniques, or build a facilitation plan for managing team conflict in field settings.

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How Challenges Work

Each challenge includes:

1. Case context — 3–4 paragraphs describing a realistic scenario with specific problems to diagnose

2. Learning outcomes — 4 specific skills you'll practise

3. Submission template — a structured format for your deliverable

4. Resources — partner documents, data files, and reference materials

5. Rubric — 5–7 weighted criteria for evaluation

6. Time estimate — typically 90 minutes

You can save drafts as you work. Completed submissions go through peer feedback and earn badges for your ImpactMojo portfolio.

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Access

Tier	Access
Explorer (free)	Selected challenges marked as Explorer tier
Practitioner+ (paid)	All 9 challenges with full submission and feedback features

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How Educators Can Use Challenges

As Capstone Assessments

Challenges are ideal end-of-course assignments. After teaching MEL concepts, assign the logframe redesign challenge. After a data course, assign the dashboard critique. The rubric is already built — you can use or adapt it.

As Group Exercises

Give a challenge to teams of 3–4 participants. Each team produces a joint submission and presents their approach. Different teams will make different choices — the comparison creates rich discussion.

For Portfolio Building

Encourage participants to complete challenges across multiple tracks. The collection of work products (a redesigned logframe, a GESI audit, a policy brief) becomes a tangible portfolio of applied skills.

To Demonstrate Authentic Application

Because challenges use real partner organisations and real scenarios, they demonstrate that learning translates to practice. This is especially valuable for training programmes that need to show funders that capacity building produces usable skills.

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Getting Started

1. Browse challenges at impactmojo.in/challenges.html

2. Start with a Beginner challenge — the Gandhian Strategy or Conflict Resolution challenges are accessible entry points

3. Read the full case context before starting — understanding the scenario is half the work

4. Use the rubric to self-assess before submitting — it tells you exactly what evaluators look for

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Tips

• These are real cases, not textbook exercises. The scenarios come from actual partner organisations. Treat the work with the same rigour you'd bring to a consulting engagement.

• There's no single right answer. The rubric evaluates your reasoning, evidence use, and communication — not whether you reached a specific conclusion.

• Combine with courses and labs. A natural learning path is: course (concepts) → lab (practice building) → challenge (authentic application).

• Peer feedback is valuable. Submit your work and engage with feedback — seeing how others approached the same problem is one of the most effective ways to learn.